456: The Second Origin

After understanding the current situation, these Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts realized that Xiao Shi was the most crucial factor in resolving the upcoming catastrophe.

These Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts no longer had any hope of advancing to Martial God.

However, Xiao Shi's hope of advancing to Martial God was undoubtedly greater than that of the Martial Emperor, an existence that astonished them!

If Xiao Shi could become a Martial God, they would also have hope of survival.

However, the biggest problem at the moment was that Xiao Shi's catastrophe would arrive relatively late.

After all, he had only just stepped into the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

But then, everyone had a change of thought.

Once their catastrophe affected Xiao Shi, he would inevitably be drawn in and would have to help them resolve it.

In this way, their fates and Xiao Shi's were already intertwined.

"What do you think we should do, Your Excellency?" one of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts asked Xiao Shi, handing over the initiative to him.

The others also looked at Xiao Shi.

This made Xiao Shi breathe a sigh of relief.

He knew he had stabilized these people for now, at least preventing internal strife and conflict before the catastrophe arrived.

In fact, as the strongest individuals of an era, these people were all shrewd and intelligent; he didn't need to analyze the pros and cons for them.

After understanding the current situation, they naturally realized that all of them faced the same predicament.

Under these circumstances, no one had the mind to scheme against or fight each other.

Xiao Shi pondered for a moment, thinking it was necessary to tell them the information he currently possessed.

He then said in a deep voice, "Before this, I already learned that because all of you have awakened simultaneously and are all on the verge of catastrophe, the rules and order of the Tianwu Continent have been completely reversed."

"The current Tianwu Continent has become disordered and chaotic."

"Therefore, both the timing of your catastrophe and the way it descends will be vastly different from before."

As his words fell, everyone's expressions became solemn.

Although they could sense their own catastrophe approaching, they could no longer perceive the exact time it would occur.

It felt as if the catastrophe could descend at any moment, making them all very uneasy.

When they sealed themselves, they all knew the precise time their catastrophe would arrive.

For some, it was a year later; for others, it was two months.

Now, however, it could arrive at any moment, making it impossible to estimate a confirmed time.

This placed immense psychological pressure on them.

And it wasn't just the timing of the catastrophe that had been reversed; even the manner of its descent had changed.

Xiao Shi knew this information because his clone within his domain was currently peeking into the heavenly secrets through the tianji plate.

However, even with his current cultivation, using the tianji plate to peek into heavenly secrets, he could only discern that the timing and manner of the catastrophe's arrival were different.

He couldn't discern the specific time or method, thus making it impossible to prepare or respond effectively.

"This catastrophe is no longer just targeting yourselves, but has endangered everyone on the Tianwu Continent."

"None of us can stand idly by."

"Therefore, to resolve this crisis, we must unite."

"Once a catastrophe appears, everyone must work together to resist it," Xiao Shi said in a deep voice.

The others nodded in agreement.

They all knew that only by joining forces did they have a chance to overcome this crisis.

"Has the timing of your catastrophe also changed, like ours?" someone suddenly asked Xiao Shi.

The biggest difference between them and Xiao Shi was that they were all on the verge of catastrophe, while Xiao Shi had only just broken through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm.

Under normal circumstances, Xiao Shi's catastrophe would still take a long time to arrive.

"Yes, my catastrophe can also arrive at any time now," Xiao Shi nodded.

The disorder and chaos of the Tianwu Continent had completely broken conventional norms.

Even though Xiao Shi had only recently broken through to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm, his catastrophe, like everyone else's, could appear at any moment.

However, everyone's eyes lit up at this news, instead finding it to be good news!

"If your catastrophe can arrive first, then as long as you overcome it and achieve Martial God, everything will naturally be resolved," someone said excitedly.

They all knew that as long as Xiao Shi could become a Martial God, everything would be solved.

Now that Xiao Shi's catastrophe was brought forward, it also meant that his time to become a Martial God was brought forward.

This was naturally good news.

However, Xiao Shi shook his head.

"Have you ever considered that since the conventional norms of the Tianwu Continent have been broken, the method for breaking through from Martial Dao Ninth Realm to Martial God might also have changed!"

Everyone frowned upon hearing this.

"You mean..."

"Under normal circumstances, the way to advance from Martial Dao Ninth Realm to Martial God is to overcome the catastrophe, but since the conventional norms of the Tianwu Continent are now broken, the way to break through to Martial God might no longer be to overcome the catastrophe..." Xiao Shi voiced his conjecture.

Everyone's frown deepened.

This situation... was indeed possible!

After all, even the timing and manner of the catastrophe's arrival were different now, so the method of advancing to Martial God could indeed also change.

"Even if overcoming the catastrophe is no longer the way to become a Martial God, it must still be related to it..." one of the older Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts said.

"Although many things have changed since the conventional norms of the Tianwu Continent were broken, the essence remains the same. Advancing to Martial God must still depend on the catastrophe; it's impossible for it to suddenly shift to other methods."

The rest of the people nodded in agreement.

They were all the rulers of various eras; although they had not advanced to Martial God, they had all reached heights unattainable by ordinary people and possessed unique insights into the Martial Dao.

They knew that even if the method of Martial God advancement changed, it would not deviate from the catastrophe.

In any case, the upcoming catastrophe was a blade hanging over their heads, requiring all of them to face it with concerted effort.

Since they didn't know when the catastrophe would descend, they positioned themselves to be able to support each other at any time, preparing to meet the catastrophe.

And after Xiao Shi returned to his domain, he immediately began to accelerate the recovery of his origin.

He knew that with his current strength, the items he possessed were not enough to cope with the catastrophe.

He had to recover to his optimal state as quickly as possible.

In addition, Xiao Shi was also contemplating how to better deal with the catastrophe.

Although his combat power in his prime was considerable, even capable of killing the Martial Emperor, he wasn't overly confident in his ability to overcome the catastrophe.

After all, overcoming the catastrophe wasn't just about individual combat power; it depended on various aspects.

For example, the Martial Emperor had prepared multiple steps for dealing with the catastrophe.

Advancing to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with five different heaven and earth rules was merely the first step.

Xiao Shi's heart suddenly stirred.

"Although I cannot advance to the Martial Dao Ninth Realm with five different heaven and earth rules..."

"But if I can develop my Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao into a Behind-the-Scenes Origin... perhaps, there's a chance!"

As this thought arose, Xiao Shi's heart immediately grew fervent.

Under normal circumstances, all supreme experts of the Martial Dao Ninth Realm could only control one origin.

There had never been an exception.

But now, the Tianwu Continent was in disorder and chaos.

The conventional norms had been broken.

So, it was possible to control multiple origins!

Xiao Shi felt that this might be an opportunity for him.

As long as he successfully advanced his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao into a Behind-the-Scenes Origin, then by simultaneously mastering two origins, he believed it would be more advantageous when dealing with the catastrophe.

However, to advance the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao into an origin, the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao must first transform into a rule.

Xiao Shi already had experience in transforming a Dao into a rule, knowing that the key lay in gaining the recognition of heaven and earth.

And his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao had long since gained the recognition of heaven and earth.

At that time, if it weren't for the lack of available rule slots within the Tianwu Continent, he would have long since successfully advanced to Half-God with his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

Immediately, as Xiao Shi conveyed his intention to advance to a heaven and earth rule through his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao to the Heaven and Earth Will, the Heaven and Earth Will descended.

Xiao Shi felt a little uneasy.

If it were in normal times, he would naturally be confident in directly transforming his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao into a rule.

But in the current situation where the Tianwu Continent was in chaos and disorder, there might be changes!

Sure enough!

When Xiao Shi conveyed his intention through his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, it did not receive immediate recognition from the Heaven and Earth Will like last time.

Instead, the entire Heaven and Earth Will, amidst a roar, cast down a bolt of thunder punishment!

Xiao Shi could clearly feel that within this thunder punishment, there was a strong malice from the Heaven and Earth Will!

After the battle with the Martial Emperor, the world will of the Tianwu Continent had already developed hostility towards Xiao Shi.

If the Tianwu Continent had not fallen into chaos and disorder, even if the world will hated Xiao Shi, it would still have recognized Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao in this situation, rather than casting down thunder punishment.

Because the world will itself could not violate the basic rules of the Tianwu World.

However, the current chaos and disorder of the Tianwu Continent directly freed the world will from any constraints, allowing it to act as it pleased.

Therefore, when it sensed the aura it hated, it did not grant recognition, but instead cast down thunder punishment!

"It's really different!" Xiao Shi's eyes narrowed.

Facing the thunder punishment cast down by the world will, his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao not only showed no fear but surged forward, meeting it head-on.

Boom!

The entire thunder punishment struck the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

Yet, it couldn't shake the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao in the slightest.

Instead, it was shattered and scattered by the impact of the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

Before these scattered thunder punishments could disappear, a suction force suddenly emanated from the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, absorbing all of these scattered thunder punishments into the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao.

Although this thunder punishment was cast down by the world will, in terms of rank and level, it only possessed a rank comparable to a Heavenly Dao.

Even with the Tianwu Continent currently in chaos and disorder, the world will could not use a higher-ranked power to strike Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao; it could only use power of the same rank.

And Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, even among all Heavenly Daos in the history of the Tianwu Continent, was an absolutely top-tier existence.

Any power of equal rank would be vulnerable before it, even the world will was no exception.

Immediately, the thunder punishment shattered by the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao was directly absorbed by the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, becoming a part of it.

And it caused Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao to begin its transformation towards a rule.

The absorption of the thunder punishment allowed Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao, after successfully transforming into a rule, to become even stronger and more extraordinary.

After all, his Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao was originally formed with the joint assistance of the Dao Ancestor and Martial Ancestor, making it the strongest Heavenly Dao in the history of the Tianwu Continent.

Now, after transforming into a rule, it was also the strongest rule in history.

Moreover, because it absorbed the thunder punishment of the world will, the entire rule subtly carried the prestige of the world will, enough to easily crush all other rules!

What excited Xiao Shi even more was that he felt that now, after the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao had transformed into a rule, it could continue to transform towards an origin!

Xiao Shi had relied on the tianwu wish to advance the Slaughter Rule to the Slaughter Origin.

After all, advancing a rule to an origin required an extremely long time, and he didn't have that much time.

But now that the conventional norms of the Tianwu Continent had been broken, both transforming a Dao into a rule and advancing from a rule to an origin had become vastly different.

Such an opportunity was undoubtedly the best time to develop the Behind-the-Scenes Heavenly Dao into an origin!

Without any hesitation, Xiao Shi immediately began the advancement to origin.

Boom!

The entire Heaven and Earth Will once again unleashed furious thunder punishment, attempting to stop it.

However, the situation remained as before.

The thunder punishment scattered and was swiftly absorbed by Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Rule, becoming nourishment that strengthened the Behind-the-Scenes Rule, making it even more powerful!

In an instant, Xiao Shi's Behind-the-Scenes Rule, amidst continuous transformation, successfully advanced into... an origin!

Boom!

A terrifying and astonishing aura instantly emanated from Xiao Shi's body, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

The clouds above the entire firmament seemed to be drawn in, twisted in all directions, like the collision of a storm, directly emitting an earth-shshattering sound!

This sudden scene made all the nearby Martial Dao Ninth Realm experts show surprise, all looking towards Xiao Shi's location.

They sensed the birth of an origin!

At the same time, the birth of this origin seemed to greatly stimulate the world will, causing the dark and profound giant chasm in the sky, formed by the world will, to erupt with terrifying power fluctuations.

"Not good!" Everyone's expressions changed drastically.

They sensed a heart-pounding power brewing within the chasm, making them all realize that the catastrophe... was coming!